All Resources for 'Medical, Clinical & Healthcare Services'

Reducing Risky Alcohol Use via Smartphone App Skills Training Among Adult Internet Help-Seekers: A Randomized Pilot Trial

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Telehealth

Alcohol is one of the leading risk factors for global disease burden and overconsumption leads to a wide variety of negative consequences in everyday life. Digital interventions have shown small positive effects in contributing to...

UNODC Ensuring Continuum of Care for People Who Use and Inject Drugs, Including Those in Prisons During COVID-19 in Coastal Kenya

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Prisons / Corrections

The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Regional Office for Eastern Africa (ROEA) supports Kenyan counties in COVID-19 prevention efforts for key and most vulnerable populations. In the spirit of leaving no one behind...

Webinar: Mental Health and Substance Abuse in the Context of Social Isolation

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Video and audio recordings
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Mental Health

Integrated Response of the General Secretariat to the crisis of COVID-19 Situation Room on The Protection of Personnel.

To continue to promote health and well-being among OAS staff, our colleagues from the Inter-American Commission on Drug...

Barriers, Facilitators, and Disparities in Retention for Adolescents in Treatment for Substance Use Disorders: A Qualitative Study with Treatment Providers

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Scientific article
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family

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Background

Retention in substance use treatment is one of the strongest predictors of improved outcomes among adolescents, making retention an important goal of treatment. We examined treatment providers’ perspectives on barriers...

Better Knowledge for Better Care: Changing Substance Use Treatment and Prevention Narratives in Nigeria

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Book
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Psychoactive Substances
Populations
Family
Law Enforcement
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

                                 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

                                                        Better Knowledge for Better Care

                        Changing Substance Use...

22nd National Week of Drug Policy - June 22-26

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Populations
Family
Responding to Drug-Related Offending 
Health & Justice Responses 
Justice and Diversion

With the theme "United for Life", event will discuss actions on prevention and combating drugs in the country

The 22nd National Week of Drug Policies will be held by the Ministry of Justice and Public Security, in partnership with the...

Video: ISSUP Ukraine-Educational Initiatives

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ISSUP Webinar
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
ISSUP Ukraine partnered with ISSUP Global to present a webinar on Educational Initiatives on June 17, 2020.

Coronavirus or Smoking - Who kills more?

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News
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Treatment
Treatment Settings
Public Health
Infectious Diseases

Smoking and Coronavirus: a fatal combination

Smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death not only in the United States but also in Brazil. The current mortality perspective from cigarette use in developed and developing...